Buddy Banter song featured in film trailer

Buddy Banter's music has been featured in the trailer for an upcoming short film. Michael Arter, a filmmaker from Athens, Ohio, and director of Just South of North, recently wrapped up an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign to cover production costs for the film, the trailer for which features the band's song "High with Me."

The film is not yet finished, though Arter says in an email to CityBeat that he'll have a rough cut wrapped up by mid-November, at which point he'll decide if "High with Me" or other songs will be in the finished version of the movie.

"As of right now, I am not sure which song I will be using for the film, but [Buddy Banter's] Steven [Perez-Oira] and I are continually collaborating together," Arter says.

Arter also recently directed the video for Buddy Banter's new song, "Insane."

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